805 EATS DINING BLOG
Welcome to the "805 Eats" dining blog where we'll keep you up-to-date on restaurant and food happenings in the 805. To send tips and comments, email edit@805Living.com.
Events listed on the blog are subject to change. Please contact the restaurants to confirm availability and details.
Flemings Winter Meal Deal
The Winter Prix-Fixe Menu at Fleming’s offers 3 courses of food for $40. Start with clam chowder or a salad and end with an apple-cranberry tart a la mode. For entrees, choose from these three options: braised boneless short ribs, seared scallops peperonata, or roasted half duckling. Suggested wine pairings are listed on the menu.
The Winter Prix-Fixe Menu is available from Jan. 5 - March 29.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 6373 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, 818-346-1005
Happy Hour at Brooks
Brooks celebrates happy hour Tuesday through Friday from 5-7 p.m. and again on Friday from 9 p.m. -closing.
Tasty tidbits include chicken buffalo boom booms with gorgonzola cream sauce ($5), crab sushi bites ($8), and mini pork shanks with mango-chili sauce ($8). Drink specials include mango Mai Tais, raspberry cosmos, and lemon drops for $5 each.
Brooks, 545 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura, 805-652-7070
Stimulus Plates at Los Olivos Cafe
Monday through Thursday, for lunch and dinner
Los Olivos Cafe owner Sam Marmorstein wants to do his part to help end this recession. To that end, he’s asked chef Nat Ely to whip up lunch plates for $10 and dinner plates for $12. The plates might include a main item and a side or they might be a casserole. The menu changes weekly so call to see what’s cooking. Some past stimulus plates included meatloaf with whipped potatoes and gravy; eggplant Parmesan; beef Stroganoff over noodles; roasted chicken with crispy potatoes and string beans.
Los Olivos Cafe, 2879 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 805-688-7265
Wine Deals at Saddle Peak Lodge
Throughout the month of October on every night but Saturday, Saddle Peak Lodge will be selling certain bottles of wine for their cost plus $10. Wine Director Joshua Buckner wants to winnow down the over 400 labels that the restaurant now carries in order to have a more streamlined list. So about 75 labels are being let go at very reasonable prices. Get ‘em before they’re gone.
Saddle Peak Lodge, 419 Cold Canyon Road, Calabasas, 818-222-3888
Duke’s Wine Night
Wednesday night is Wine Night at Duke’s Malibu. When you order two dinner entrees, you get 50% off a bottle of wine from the list that’s normally priced at $60 or less. If you bring your own bottle, there’s no corkage Wednesday night.
Duke’s Malibu, 21150 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, 310-317-0777
Coast Meal Deals
Coast Restaurant & Bar in the Canary Hotel is offering a bevy of meal deals throughout the week.
On Tuesday nights, a Farmer’s Market Dinner costs $28. Chef Brian Parks will create a meal based on what he’s found at the farmers market that morning.
Wednesday night is Beer Tasting night with beer samples and appetizer specials for $12.
Friday night is “Off the Hook”: a three-course seafood meal for $28.
On Saturday night you can get dinner for two, movie tickets, and candy for $35 per person.
Sunday is a family-style meal that changes weekly for $25 per person ($12.50 for kids).
Coast Restaurant & Bar, in the Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, 805-884-0300
Holdren’s Happy Hour
Holdren’s in Newbury Park celebrates happy hour from 4-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Draft beers are $2.50; some cocktails like the house Margarita and a Smirnoff Cosmo are $5. Small plates of food like French Dip sliders, steak bites, fried calamari, and chicken pot pie cost between $5 and $7.50.
Holdren’s Steaks & Seafood, 1714 Newbury Road, Newbury Park, 805-498-1314
Eric’s Lobster & Prime Rib Deals
On Monday nights, Eric’s Restaurant & Bar in the Palm Garden Hotel is offering a lobster dinner (complete with soup/salad, baked potato and veggies) for $18.
On Tuesday nights, a prime rib meal (complete with soup/salad, baked potato and veggies) is also $18.
Eric’s Restaurant & Bar, in the Palm Garden Hotel, 495 N. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park, 805-716-4100
Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro Happy Hour
Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro celebrates happy hour from 4:30-6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday with wines by the glass costing $5-$6.50. Appetizers like steamed mussels, carpaccio, artichoke and prawn flatbread, and a cheese plate cost $5-$9.
On Saturdays, oysters get their turn in the spotlight. Oysters from the West Coast cost $2 each ($11 per half-dozen, $22 per dozen) from 4-6 p.m.
The first Wednesday of each month is the Passport to the World of Wine celebration at 7 p.m. $25 gets you a sampling of five different wines paired with appetizers from chef Nathan Heil.
Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro, 516 State St., Santa Barbara, 805-962-1455
Gino’s Bistro Happy Hour
Gino’s Bistro Cucina Italiana offers well drinks at half price (about $4 each) and complimentary appetizers at their Happy Hour which runs from 4:30-7 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Gino’s Bistro, 1620 Newbury Road, Newbury Park, 805-498-3188
Fleming’s Summer Menu Deal
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is offering a Summer Prix-Fixe Menu from now until September 21st. It’s a three-course deal for $36. Choose from options like chilled potato-leek soup, peppercorn-crusted filet mignon, and caramelized banana creme brulee. To see the complete menu, click on the web link below.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 6373 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, 818-346-1005
www.flemingssteakhouse.com/Promo-Meals/Summer-Prix-Fixe.aspx
Scotch & Sirloin Early-Bird Dinner
If you’re able to eat dinner sometime between 4 and 5:30 p.m. (Sunday through Thursday nights), you can get a 3-course meal at Scotch & Sirloin in the Ventura Harbor for $15. The meal starts with soup. Then you choose either grilled salmon or prime rib for your entree. Dessert is either a scoop of ice cream or a slice of chocolate cake.
Scotch & Sirloin, 1510 Anchors Way, Ventura, 805-644-5566
Eric’s New England Shore Dinner
Every Friday and Saturday night from now until the end of August, Eric’s Restaurant & Bar in the Palm Garden Hotel will be putting on a New England Shore Dinner. The feats costs $30 per person and includes clam chowder, Maine lobster, steamed clams, boiled potatoes, and corn on the cob served family-style. It’s a good excuse to get your grub on for the next month or so.
Eric’s Restaurant & Bar, in the Palm Garden Hotel, 495 N. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park, 805-716-4100
Fleming’s Happy Hour Deal
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar has added an 8-oz. bacon cheeseburger to its 5 for 6 ’til 7 happy hour menu (5 cockails, 5 wines, and 5 appetizers for $6 each served at the bar until 7 p.m. every night). The entire 5 for 6 ’til 7 menu can be viewed at the link below.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, 6373 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, 818-346-1005
www.flemingssteakhouse.com/menu/
Wine Half-Off on Tuesdays at Bella Vista
Tuesdays during lunch and dinner, 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., now through September 1st
Bella Vista Restaurant in the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara is discounting its bottles of wine by 50% at lunch or dinner on Tuesdays throughout the summer.
Bella Vista, 1260 Channel Drive, Montecito, 805-565-8237
www.fourseasons.com/santabarbara/dining.html
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